The Dillon tribune., 1887-05-06
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The conten.s la,oe ~ black saild-a ,a,ne very cu
contains; sow which is found IN a1'in,idHe ho in
mon article, nth " the state. Here noiu IN
round aoou. u.,,all ~ bottle Of sulphate OF IRON.
ny hand nnt. st' pardon me! l came ,;as near
- > bu'', merely wish to convince
forgetting 80 nrocess is above board
,ou that c;c,an ~; of fraud. You Will not
xithont stspth 81 Ine that l shall explain it to
you. )" cannon stepped behind a screen
BE thereu1PJh; himself Of all his clothes,
and dives,eu s,dad ont to the company, beg
which no - make sure that they con-
gng tnen, :. rt;cle of the noble metal. Ono
tanr uus his garments were les'' rev.. ~. hottios w
onHb tbe furnace, the box anu Inc - oo,sie .;o;
neh eh liter having been snooee.e ~, 20
eacn acnu,;nat:or. 1: It was Obvious 'hae every
eSan'u,.f mas fair and square Ihere was IN
thlns - " solemn silence in the room whle
an almoI.h oolchemist labored behind tne screen
,ss 1x.ay win Insignificant little sound was n<-
81 -,th excited interest. The crack
teneo - ee,nes " was heard, and the steady
tng o. la a. ~ The little bellows: then at Last
blow'ng usg,,t;ous ~ hammer blows, and before
a.se !s..tv minutes had elapsed Wachtmeister
,'s .anned forward holding q large oar OF
ssirr s.;'osr eold in his hand. A cnorus OF eA-
ysaSr !.aS oaths and cxclamations greeted the
c,.s. ,'s.. ~, ~ the precious metal. Hardness
el:a :ssa T. eagerly, scratched It with his
ss'ns1 san cnt It with his knife, and, having
nsa, nsu,ssd S himself that it was genuine,
sa...Sit su..S u around until all had had chance
aess s~sr,;ne Il. Tho bar was then sent to
~ - s': osaayer. with the request that he re
.nrn .,r ' his analysis at the earliest possible
ssamsnt. sar mt A banquet had been condition
U,',l .,1v arranged for the party in the evening,
~ ~ ss sool1 rs the assay was found to be
'...;sfoctory s.s the bar being valued at
e s,'iH Inn Mr. Hardness and his guests re-
ss.;rsd s.;d to a fashionable hotel, where the
rneat event was appropriately celebrated.
sho whole future Of humanity was rev0lu-
aonized and all social problems solved by
his his discovery. The conversation and the
toasts has turned chiefly upon the necessity
~ limiting the production, SO as not to
r;ve too severe shock to the commercial
world.
aored steadily in u dingy little laboratory
which hc had improvised In an empty
hack room in the Harkness block. Ho
delivered to the millionaire from time to
time small bars Of gold which the assay
proyea to be genuine; but he complained
neatly at being obliged to work under
mch disadvantages, with imperfect light,
and no facilities for extended production.
He dined almost daily with Hardness,
Eho, as no came to know him, was more
and more dazzled by his brilliant talk,
scientific requirements, and inexhaustible
fund Of anecdotes.
"You be on the look out, DOCTOR" ho
said to him one evening as they sat sip
ping their Chartreuse and smoking high
favored Havanas; III you sec anything
that'l suit you for laboratory, you just
kt me know and III plank down the
cash."
The Teuton betrayed no emotion at this
proposal; but about o week later, when
there was q tremendous excitement on
change at the revelation of 4 corner in
Harkness's favorite stock, he rushed
meathlessly into the lntter's Office with a
copy Of The Alta in his hand.
look here" he cried; ''here is the
very thing We want: For sale-The
property Of g. L. Perkins, Esq, at Oak
land I've just been out there, and Sol
elnon Sayles has got the refusal Of it at
sR'M They are about to close the
bargain. Now, IL we can offer $45, 600
cash it's ours. It Is dirt cheap, but Per-
kins has got squeezed on Change and
can't raise money il any other way for
margins. He has got to have tho cash by
9o'cock. Now, il you'll run out there
with me''---
Il run out there-are you cracked,
nao!'' roared the millionaire. Don't
you know that there's something very
much like panic on Changer
why, no, hadn't heard Of it. Well,
then, send out some agent of yours with
your check for 81, 900 or the right to draw
90 you for that amount"
The deuce! l hain't got no time to
bother."
ne scratched his head angrily, then
alew q check for the required amount and
handed 1t to Wachtmeister. "You rul,
oat and settle the thing YOURSELF" he
~ao II know the property. 1t il worth
.oe money. know, too, that Perkins IL
IN q tight place. You'd better hurry"
But couldn't you send Lawson along
with me:'' ' >' ''''e'
... .You Just clear out. Do you suppose !
'an spare Lawson on day like thiss''
AA right. Youn hear from me to-
MORROW"
j.; wachtmeister folded the check, put i,
'uso MS pocketbook and rushed out as
,Csssa..nlessly ,s's " he had come. 1t was the
~ .ss' ume Mr.. Hardness had the pleasure
- sa1ng upon his countenance. He
nan9 Hsned BY chance the next day that the
,ha. h.'anG property had not been sold and
Tan. 1nss no bid had been made for it by his
aoo a.onie "o protege. But man of SEQ, 1000,
w consoles himself easily.
,,x,N ~ smart chap" he said to himself
sMang ~ss approvingly; ION the whole il
srn. avs not i bad investment. The mere
ffnnlIence fnp ,a was worth $45, 900, with tho
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